1 00:00:12,367 --> 00:00:14,734 I'M BEAR GRYLLS. WHOO! 2 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:16,900 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE 3 00:00:16,967 --> 00:00:19,367 FROM SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH. 4 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,500 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT THROUGH A WEEK OF CHALLENGES... 5 00:00:23,567 --> 00:00:26,200 IN THE SORT OF PLACES YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 6 00:00:26,266 --> 00:00:28,734 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 7 00:00:31,467 --> 00:00:33,934 THIS WEEK, I'M OFF THE WEST COAST OF PANAMA 8 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,467 AT THE MERCY OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 9 00:00:37,567 --> 00:00:40,500 WE'LL BE GETTING TOO CLOSE TO COMFORT WITH THE LOCALS... 10 00:00:40,567 --> 00:00:43,300 HOLY SMOKE! LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK! 11 00:00:43,367 --> 00:00:45,133 WHALES! WHALES! 12 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:49,100 ...FIGHTING MY WAY ONTO STORM-BATTERED ISLANDS... 13 00:00:51,433 --> 00:00:54,333 ...AND STRUGGLING TO STAY AFLOAT ON A SMALL RAFT 14 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:55,900 AS I BATTLE THROUGH BIG SURF. 15 00:00:55,967 --> 00:00:57,667 WHOA! 16 00:00:57,734 --> 00:01:00,734 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 17 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,734 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 18 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,834 ONLY THIS MORNING, ALL OF THE ISLANDS IN THIS REGION 19 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:10,033 WERE HIT BY A GREAT, VIOLENT, TROPICAL CYCLONIC STORM. 20 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:12,600 WE GOT A VERY SMALL WINDOW TO GET IN THERE. 21 00:01:12,667 --> 00:01:14,400 WE NEED TO MOVE. 22 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:19,700 ALL RIGHT. 23 00:01:23,934 --> 00:01:27,100 THE PILOT'S GONNA TAKE ME OUT TO SEA AND DITCH ME 24 00:01:27,166 --> 00:01:29,533 SO I CAN SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE IT BACK TO SAFETY 25 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,867 IF YOU GOT MAROONED ON A DESERTED ISLAND. 26 00:01:32,934 --> 00:01:35,667 TO THE EAST OF THESE ISLANDS LIES PANAMA, 27 00:01:35,734 --> 00:01:37,467 TO THE WEST, THE VAST PACIFIC, 28 00:01:37,533 --> 00:01:40,867 THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES OF EMPTY OCEAN. 29 00:01:40,934 --> 00:01:43,734 ONLY A TINY HANDFUL OF THESE ISLANDS ARE INHABITED. 30 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:45,133 THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT 31 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,300 IS THE LACK OF FRESH DRINKING WATER. 32 00:01:47,367 --> 00:01:50,867 JUST STAYING HYDRATED IS GONNA BE A MAJOR CHALLENGE 33 00:01:50,934 --> 00:01:52,734 IN THIS HEAT AND HUMIDITY. 34 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:56,333 THE WEATHER CAN CHANGE FAST HERE. 35 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,967 THE PILOT'S HEARD THE WEATHER FRONT IS CLOSING IN AGAIN. 36 00:01:59,033 --> 00:02:02,233 TIME FOR A CHANGE OF PLAN. 37 00:02:02,300 --> 00:02:04,233 WITH ALL THESE TROPICAL STORMS AROUND, 38 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:06,800 THE PILOT'S NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES WITH THE ISLAND. 39 00:02:06,867 --> 00:02:09,066 INSTEAD, HE'S GONNA DUMP ME ON THAT SANDBAR, 40 00:02:09,133 --> 00:02:12,200 AND I'M GONNA TAKE MY OWN CHANCES FROM THERE. 41 00:02:20,333 --> 00:02:22,400 HE CAN'T SPEND LONG HERE. 42 00:02:22,467 --> 00:02:25,033 THE ROTOR WASH CAN BLOW LOOSE SAND 43 00:02:25,100 --> 00:02:27,934 UP INTO THE AIR INTAKES AND THE ENGINE -- NOT GOOD NEWS. 44 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,367 WE'RE 10 FOOT UP. TIME TO GO. 45 00:02:36,367 --> 00:02:39,100 WELL, THAT'S THE HELI OUT OF HERE, 46 00:02:39,166 --> 00:02:43,767 BUT, MAN, THIS IS SOME PLACE TO BE DROPPED, 47 00:02:43,834 --> 00:02:46,467 JUST ON A SANDBAR WITH THE TIDE RISING. 48 00:02:46,533 --> 00:02:49,500 WE NEED TO GET OFF THIS, GET ONTO THE ISLAND. 49 00:02:49,567 --> 00:02:52,066 SOON THIS SANDBAR WILL BE ENGULFED BY WATER. 50 00:02:52,133 --> 00:02:54,133 THERE'S AN ISLAND TWO MILES TO THE EAST. 51 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,033 TO SWIM TO THAT WOULD TAKE MOST PEOPLE OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF. 52 00:02:57,100 --> 00:02:59,634 A TOUGH SWIM, BUT IT'LL BE YOUR ONLY OPTION. 53 00:02:59,700 --> 00:03:01,166 IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION 54 00:03:01,233 --> 00:03:03,367 LIES THOUSANDS OF MILES OF EMPTY OCEAN. 55 00:03:03,433 --> 00:03:06,200 OKAY. TIME TO GO SWIMMING. 56 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:17,500 ONCE I'M THROUGH THE SURF, IT'S OUT INTO THE OPEN WATER. 57 00:03:20,333 --> 00:03:23,834 TIGER, BULL, AND GREAT WHITE SHARKS PROWL THESE WATERS. 58 00:03:23,900 --> 00:03:27,033 YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH ANY OF THEM. 59 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,634 HOLY SMOKE! LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK! 60 00:03:33,700 --> 00:03:35,600 WHALES! WHALES! 61 00:03:35,667 --> 00:03:38,333 THERE'S A MASSIVE HUMPBACK IN THE WATER WITH US -- 62 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,567 20 YARDS. 63 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:47,700 THESE GUYS ARE HUGE, AND THEY GROW UP TO 40 FOOT. 64 00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:54,200 I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ACTUALLY THIS CLOSE. 65 00:03:54,266 --> 00:03:58,867 I CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEM -- VERY, VERY FUN AND ALL 66 00:03:58,934 --> 00:04:03,500 BEING IN THE WATER WITH MAMMALS THAT BIG AND THAT CLOSE. 67 00:04:03,567 --> 00:04:06,333 JUST BEAUTIFUL. 68 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,567 WHAT A PRIVILEGE. 69 00:04:11,467 --> 00:04:14,367 NEAR THE ISLAND, THE SEA STATE CHANGES. 70 00:04:14,433 --> 00:04:16,533 AS THE WATER IS FUNNELED AND PRESSURED BY THE LAND, 71 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,300 STRONG CURRENTS FORM. 72 00:04:18,367 --> 00:04:21,734 IT'S A BATTLE TO STAY ON COURSE. 73 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,000 WE WENT THROUGH THAT CURRENT LINE, 74 00:04:24,066 --> 00:04:27,400 BUT THE CHALLENGE NOW IS ALL THIS SWELL ON THE ROCKS. 75 00:04:31,133 --> 00:04:33,400 I JUST WANT TO GET INTO THIS GULLY. 76 00:04:35,333 --> 00:04:38,233 JUST WATCH YOURSELF. LET ME GET OUT FIRST. 77 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:39,467 TIMING IS EVERYTHING 78 00:04:39,533 --> 00:04:42,600 WHEN YOU'RE FACED WITH A FIVE-FOOT SWELL. 79 00:04:42,667 --> 00:04:45,767 THESE ROCKS ARE BONE-BREAKERS. 80 00:04:45,834 --> 00:04:47,700 OKAY. STEP UP. 81 00:04:47,767 --> 00:04:49,700 YEAH. THAT'S IT. 82 00:04:49,767 --> 00:04:51,000 UP, UP, UP. 83 00:04:51,066 --> 00:04:52,400 COOL. 84 00:04:52,467 --> 00:04:56,066 I MAY HAVE REACHED DRY LAND, BUT I'M SEA-LOCKED 85 00:04:56,133 --> 00:04:58,166 BY A 60-FOOT WALL OF SOLID ROCK. 86 00:04:58,233 --> 00:04:59,734 I GOT TO FIND A WAY UP. 87 00:05:03,300 --> 00:05:06,700 THIS MIGHT BE POSSIBLE. SHALL WE GET UP THIS? 88 00:05:13,567 --> 00:05:14,734 THESE ISLANDS WERE FORMED 89 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:16,700 WHEN TWO TECTONIC PLATES COLLIDED 90 00:05:16,767 --> 00:05:19,200 OVER 1 1/2 MILLION YEARS AGO. 91 00:05:19,266 --> 00:05:22,000 THE SEABED WAS LITERALLY FORCED UP OUT OF THE OCEAN 92 00:05:22,066 --> 00:05:24,800 TO FORM THIS ARCHIPELAGO. 93 00:05:24,867 --> 00:05:27,834 THE SEDIMENTARY LIMESTONE MAKES FOR A CHALLENGING ASCENT. 94 00:05:27,900 --> 00:05:30,900 IT'S -- IT'S HORRIBLE. 95 00:05:30,967 --> 00:05:33,333 MAN, IT'S A LAYER UPON LAYER 96 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,433 OF CRUMBLING ROCK, 97 00:05:36,500 --> 00:05:40,767 BIRD POO, AND BONE-DRY DIRT. 98 00:05:40,834 --> 00:05:43,967 NIGHTMARE. 99 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,467 I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE THIS. YOU THINK IT'S SOLID. 100 00:05:54,934 --> 00:05:58,066 OKAY. LET'S GET INTO THIS. 101 00:06:08,967 --> 00:06:11,634 THE FIRST PRIORITY IS TO CROSS THE ISLAND. 102 00:06:11,700 --> 00:06:14,266 THE FAR SHORE FACES EAST TOWARDS PANAMA. 103 00:06:14,333 --> 00:06:17,000 ONLY ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT LIES BEYOND 104 00:06:17,066 --> 00:06:19,033 CAN YOU PLAN YOUR NEXT MOVE. 105 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:22,367 AFTER FIVE MINUTES, I'M ACROSS. 106 00:06:22,433 --> 00:06:27,967 JUST NOTHING AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. 107 00:06:28,033 --> 00:06:33,166 QUITE AN INTIMIDATING SIGHT WHEN YOU SEE THAT MUCH OCEAN. 108 00:06:37,033 --> 00:06:41,266 WITH NO SIGN OF LAND AND NO CHANCE OF IMMEDIATE RESCUE, 109 00:06:41,333 --> 00:06:43,800 YOU NEED TO SEARCH YOUR ISLAND FOR RESOURCES -- 110 00:06:43,867 --> 00:06:46,000 ANYTHING THAT WILL HELP YOU STAY ALIVE 111 00:06:46,066 --> 00:06:47,433 AND HELP YOU TO ESCAPE. 112 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:48,800 THERE'S A BEACH BELOW. 113 00:06:48,867 --> 00:06:51,200 IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START THE SEARCH. 114 00:06:51,266 --> 00:06:54,400 JUST SEE HOW DRY ALL THIS IS. 115 00:07:01,133 --> 00:07:02,934 BUT THERE'S ALSO THIS ROCK. 116 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,734 IT'S POROUS, WHICH MEANS WHEN IT RAINS, 117 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,066 IT'S JUST GONNA RUN STRAIGHT THROUGH IT AND NOT COLLECT. 118 00:07:09,133 --> 00:07:11,200 AND THAT'S WHY FINDING FRESHWATER 119 00:07:11,266 --> 00:07:12,867 IS GONNA BE SO HARD HERE. 120 00:07:15,066 --> 00:07:16,667 OKAY, LET'S GET DOWN TO THE BEACH, 121 00:07:16,734 --> 00:07:18,100 SEE WHAT WE FIND DOWN THERE. 122 00:07:25,100 --> 00:07:30,000 DEAD BOOBY -- IT STINKS. 123 00:07:30,066 --> 00:07:31,900 WELL, THERE'S NOTHING ON HERE REALLY FOR ME. 124 00:07:31,967 --> 00:07:33,000 MIGHT TAKE THE HEAD -- 125 00:07:33,066 --> 00:07:35,000 MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THAT, ACTUALLY. 126 00:07:39,233 --> 00:07:41,266 BEACHES ARE RICH HUNTING GROUNDS. 127 00:07:41,333 --> 00:07:43,867 HEY, LOOK, YOU SEE WHAT ALL THE TIDE'S WASHED UP HERE. 128 00:07:43,934 --> 00:07:45,567 WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, 129 00:07:45,634 --> 00:07:48,033 YOU'LL OFTEN FIND SIGNS OF HUMAN GARBAGE. 130 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:49,967 LOOK, SEE ALL OF THIS RUBBISH? 131 00:07:50,033 --> 00:07:51,734 THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF I CAN USE HERE -- 132 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,166 FISHING NETS, PLASTIC BOTTLES, AND DRIFTWOOD. 133 00:07:54,233 --> 00:07:55,634 IT'S A TREASURE TROVE. 134 00:07:55,700 --> 00:07:59,333 WHAT'LL HAPPEN -- THE TIDE WILL JUST WASH ALL OF THIS UP, 135 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,100 AND THEN AS IT GOES OUT, IT LEAVES IT ALL. 136 00:08:03,166 --> 00:08:05,400 THERE'S JUST MASSES OF IT. 137 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,834 ONE MAN'S GARBAGE CAN BE ANOTHER MAN'S SALVATION. 138 00:08:16,900 --> 00:08:19,634 ALL THIS DRIFTWOOD AND PIECES OF POLYSTYRENE 139 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:22,400 ARE IDEAL RAFT-BUILDING MATERIALS. 140 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:27,834 LOADS OF THESE FLIPS-FLOPS AROUND. 141 00:08:27,900 --> 00:08:31,033 AND, ACTUALLY, THESE BURN REALLY WELL. 142 00:08:31,100 --> 00:08:32,834 AND BEFORE I GET INTO ANY OF THIS, 143 00:08:32,900 --> 00:08:34,934 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I CAN DO 144 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,600 IS ACTUALLY BUILD A SIGNAL FIRE TO GO UP ON THE CLIFFS, 145 00:08:37,667 --> 00:08:40,333 YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IF A SHIP DOES COME PAST, 146 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,066 THOSE ARE PRECIOUS SECONDS. 147 00:08:42,133 --> 00:08:44,333 I WANT TO BE ABLE TO LIGHT A FIRE 148 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,033 AND MAKE MYSELF SEEN AS QUICKLY AS I CAN. 149 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:49,333 GETTING YOUR SIGNAL FIRE READY TO LIGHT 150 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,333 AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE IS CRITICAL. 151 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:55,200 A PHRASE I OFTEN USE IS PLEASE REMEMBER WHAT'S FIRST. 152 00:08:55,266 --> 00:08:58,700 THIS STANDS FOR PROTECTION, RESCUE, WATER, AND FOOD. 153 00:08:58,767 --> 00:09:02,333 NOW THAT I'M ASHORE SAFELY, THE NEXT PRIORITY IS 154 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:04,967 TO MAXIMIZE THE CHANCE OF RESCUE. 155 00:09:05,033 --> 00:09:07,800 ANY OF THESE WILL DO. 156 00:09:07,867 --> 00:09:10,800 YOU JUST NEED A GOOD, STRAIGHT BRANCH 157 00:09:10,867 --> 00:09:14,233 TO MAKE A TRIPOD FOR THE SIGNAL FIRE. 158 00:09:14,300 --> 00:09:16,934 OKAY. LET'S GET THIS THING BUILT. 159 00:09:22,233 --> 00:09:26,800 THIS IS PROBABLY ABOUT THE MOST VISIBLE POINT ON THE ISLAND 160 00:09:26,867 --> 00:09:28,400 UP HERE. 161 00:09:31,734 --> 00:09:33,767 I'LL TRY AND MAKE IT HERE -- 162 00:09:33,834 --> 00:09:36,700 A GOOD VIEW ALL THE WAY OUT TO SEA. 163 00:09:36,767 --> 00:09:38,433 OKAY. 164 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:41,967 FIRST JOB, THE TRIPOD -- 165 00:09:42,033 --> 00:09:44,166 THEN BUILD A PLATFORM AT THE BOTTOM 166 00:09:44,233 --> 00:09:47,834 AND COVER IT WITH DRIED GRASS WHICH WILL LIGHT FAST. 167 00:09:50,133 --> 00:09:53,700 AND THESE FLIP-FLOPS MAKE A LOAD OF BLACK SMOKE, 168 00:09:53,767 --> 00:09:56,367 AND BLACK SMOKE IS GONNA STAND OUT 169 00:09:56,433 --> 00:10:00,300 BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD CONTRAST AND LOOKS VERY UNNATURAL. 170 00:10:00,367 --> 00:10:04,433 THEY'RE NOT GONNA MISTAKE THAT FOR A BUSH FIRE. 171 00:10:04,500 --> 00:10:07,967 ONCE THE FIRE IS BUILT, MAKE A TORCH TO LIGHT IT. 172 00:10:08,033 --> 00:10:10,333 THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT A TORCH 173 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,767 IS THAT WHEN YOU WANT IT TO LIGHT, 174 00:10:12,834 --> 00:10:15,166 IT GOES STRAIGHT AWAY FIRST TIME. 175 00:10:15,233 --> 00:10:17,934 AND ALL OF THIS IS JUST DRY BANANA HUSK. 176 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,266 REALLY ROUGH IT UP, 177 00:10:21,333 --> 00:10:24,700 SO IT'S NICE AND FIBROUS AND WILL TAKE A SPARK. 178 00:10:28,533 --> 00:10:31,767 RAINS COME FAST AND HEAVY HERE. 179 00:10:31,834 --> 00:10:34,800 IF THE GRASS GETS A SOAKING, IT WILL NEVER LIGHT, 180 00:10:34,867 --> 00:10:36,700 SO COVER IT TO KEEP THE WATER OUT. 181 00:10:36,767 --> 00:10:38,066 BANANA LEAVES ARE PERFECT. 182 00:10:38,133 --> 00:10:40,100 OKAY, THAT WILL DO IT. 183 00:10:40,166 --> 00:10:42,433 HOPEFULLY, THIS WILL STAY DRY, 184 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:46,800 AND WHEN I NEED IT ALIGHT, WHIP IT AWAY, GET IT GOING. 185 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,367 IN MY NEXT CHALLENGE, THERE'S A PRIZE WORTH FIGHTING FOR -- 186 00:10:51,433 --> 00:10:53,734 A LARGE ROPE BEACHED IN A STEEP GULLY. 187 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,133 THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY DOWN BUT NO WAY BACK. 188 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:57,667 LET'S GIVE IT A GO. 189 00:11:09,567 --> 00:11:12,634 I'M ON A PACIFIC ISLAND WEST OF PANAMA. 190 00:11:12,700 --> 00:11:15,033 SURROUNDED BY MILES OF OPEN WATER, 191 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:16,333 IF YOU ARE STUCK HERE, 192 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:20,133 YOU'LL BE FACED WITH A STARK CHOICE. 193 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,433 LOT OF HARSH DECISIONS FOR THE SURVIVOR TO MAKE. 194 00:11:23,500 --> 00:11:26,433 IT'S JUST WHETHER TO STAY OR WHETHER TO GO, 195 00:11:26,500 --> 00:11:28,600 ON AN ISLAND LIKE THIS. 196 00:11:28,667 --> 00:11:31,133 BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS YOU MAKE THESE DECISIONS 197 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,200 WHILE YOU'RE FEELING STRONG, WHILE YOU'RE THINKING CLEARLY, 198 00:11:34,266 --> 00:11:36,066 YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS -- 199 00:11:36,133 --> 00:11:38,900 IF YOU THINK OF THIS AS YOUR HEALTH 200 00:11:38,967 --> 00:11:42,433 AND THIS LINE AS TIME, 201 00:11:42,500 --> 00:11:45,533 YOU'RE GONNA START OFF FEELING STRONG, 202 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,734 BUT AS YOU DEHYDRATE, YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH FOOD, 203 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,567 YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH NUTRIENTS, 204 00:11:50,634 --> 00:11:53,634 EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GONNA REACH A POINT HERE 205 00:11:53,700 --> 00:11:57,100 WHERE YOU'RE DETERIORATING FAST. 206 00:11:57,166 --> 00:12:00,834 ONCE YOU REACH THAT POINT, THIS ISLAND BECOMES YOUR PRISON. 207 00:12:00,900 --> 00:12:03,800 SO WHAT MATTERS IS MAKE ALL YOUR BIG DECISIONS 208 00:12:03,867 --> 00:12:05,433 UP THIS END OF THE CURVE, 209 00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:09,133 WHERE YOU'RE FEELING MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY STRONG. 210 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,000 ULTIMATELY I PLAN TO BUILD A RAFT, 211 00:12:12,066 --> 00:12:14,900 BUT BEFORE SETTING OUT TO SEA, YOU NEED SUPPLIES. 212 00:12:14,967 --> 00:12:16,500 I'M GONNA SEARCH THE ISLAND 213 00:12:16,567 --> 00:12:18,967 TO STOCKPILE FOOD AND, ABOVE ALL, WATER. 214 00:12:19,033 --> 00:12:20,133 NOW, ACTUALLY, LOOK. 215 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,000 YOU SEE THERE'S WATER COMING DOWN THERE -- 216 00:12:22,066 --> 00:12:25,233 ALL THESE DRIPS. 217 00:12:25,300 --> 00:12:27,533 MMM. THAT'S FRESH, AS WELL. 218 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,734 SO EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS BONE-DRY UP HERE, 219 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,667 WATER IS GONNA SEEP THROUGH THE ROCK, 220 00:12:32,734 --> 00:12:34,066 AND IT'S COMING OUT OF HERE. 221 00:12:34,133 --> 00:12:38,000 AND WHEN YOU'VE GOT AS LITTLE FRESHWATER 222 00:12:38,066 --> 00:12:43,300 AS THERE IS ON THIS ISLAND, EVERY LITTLE DROP IS PRECIOUS. 223 00:12:43,367 --> 00:12:46,233 GARBAGE FROM THE BEACH WILL ENABLE ME TO COLLECT IT. 224 00:12:46,300 --> 00:12:49,567 WHAT YOU GOT TO DO IS PUT A KNOT IN THAT END 225 00:12:49,634 --> 00:12:51,133 TO HOLD IT IN THERE, 226 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:55,934 AND THEN JUST MAKE A BIG CLUSTER OF KNOTS ON THIS END. 227 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,600 AND WHAT YOU WANT IS JUST TO BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE IT 228 00:12:59,667 --> 00:13:02,767 INTO THE FUNNEL RIGHT THERE, 229 00:13:02,834 --> 00:13:05,166 AND THEN WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN 230 00:13:05,233 --> 00:13:10,333 IS THAT THE WATER IS GONNA DRIP OFF THE SEEP, 231 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,934 DOWN THE LINE, AND THEN INTO THE BOTTLE. 232 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,433 AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE FAST, 233 00:13:15,500 --> 00:13:18,066 BUT, YOU KNOW, OVER A DAY, THAT'S GONNA FILL UP. 234 00:13:18,133 --> 00:13:21,333 AND THAT ACTUALLY, YOU SEE THAT STARTING TO WORK ALREADY. 235 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,166 SEE WHERE IT'S JUST GOING DARKER AT THE TOP, 236 00:13:24,233 --> 00:13:27,233 AND THAT'S SLOWLY SEEPING ITS WAY DOWN THE LINE. 237 00:13:27,300 --> 00:13:29,600 ADULTS NEED THREE LITERS OF FLUID A DAY. 238 00:13:29,667 --> 00:13:32,133 DRINK LESS, AND YOUR HEALTH CAN DETERIORATE, 239 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:33,500 WITH IT YOUR ABILITY 240 00:13:33,567 --> 00:13:36,300 TO THINK STRAIGHT AND MAKE RATIONAL DECISIONS. 241 00:13:36,367 --> 00:13:37,800 A LOT OF THE SEAS HERE 242 00:13:37,867 --> 00:13:40,800 ARE JUST TEEMING, TEEMING WITH FISH. 243 00:13:40,867 --> 00:13:43,433 IF YOU CAN GET THEM, IT'S GOOD PROTEIN. 244 00:13:43,500 --> 00:13:46,533 I'M GONNA TRY MY HAND AT A BIT OF SPEAR-FISHING. 245 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,600 I'VE GOT THIS BOOBY SKULL THAT I FOUND, 246 00:13:49,667 --> 00:13:55,100 AND ALL I NEED DO IS FIX THAT TO THE END. 247 00:13:55,166 --> 00:14:01,634 IT MAKES A GOOD, NATURAL THREE-PRONGED SPEAR. 248 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:06,367 PLATTED BANANA HUSK MAKES EXCELLENT CORDAGE. 249 00:14:06,433 --> 00:14:10,166 ONCE YOU'RE DONE, LASH IT ALL TOGETHER. 250 00:14:10,233 --> 00:14:14,533 AND LOOK -- THEN YOU GOT A NICE THREE-PRONGED SPEAR THERE. 251 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,667 AND IT'S ACTUALLY HOW THE BIRDS THEMSELVES HUNT. 252 00:14:17,734 --> 00:14:20,634 THEY DIVE, SPEAR THE FISH, AND PULL THEM OUT. 253 00:14:20,700 --> 00:14:22,800 GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM, GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. 254 00:14:22,867 --> 00:14:23,900 LET'S GIVE IT A GO. 255 00:14:23,967 --> 00:14:26,533 THE SHORE IS LITTERED WITH DEEP POOLS. 256 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,567 IF I CAN LURE SOME FISH INTO ONE, 257 00:14:28,634 --> 00:14:30,634 IT'LL BE THE IDEAL HUNTING GROUND. 258 00:14:30,700 --> 00:14:33,767 BUT I NEED BAIT, AND THIS CRAB IS EASY PICKINGS. 259 00:14:33,834 --> 00:14:35,667 COME HERE. 260 00:14:39,233 --> 00:14:42,734 IT'S GONNA BE USEFUL. 261 00:14:46,467 --> 00:14:51,300 GET SOME OF THESE CRAB INNARDS INTO THIS POOL. 262 00:14:51,367 --> 00:14:55,734 AND THAT'S GONNA BE A NICE PLACE JUST FOR FISH TO COME IN, 263 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:59,433 HOPEFULLY HAVE A BIT OF A MUNCH ON THIS, 264 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:03,233 AND THEN I CAN TRY AND DIVE ON TOP OF THEM. 265 00:15:03,300 --> 00:15:05,967 THEY'RE GONNA LOVE ALL OF THIS STUFF. 266 00:15:07,834 --> 00:15:10,767 THE FISH ARE DEEP, BUT I'M GONNA TRY A TECHNIQUE 267 00:15:10,834 --> 00:15:14,300 USED BY HUNTERS OF THE KANAK ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. 268 00:15:14,367 --> 00:15:18,200 WHAT THE KANAK ISLANDERS DO IS THEY DIVE IN WITH THEIR SPEAR, 269 00:15:18,266 --> 00:15:20,333 GET THEIR LEGS RIGHT UP BEHIND THEM, 270 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,333 SO THE FIRST THING THAT ENTERS THE WATER IS THE SPEAR. 271 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,333 AND THAT GIVES THE MOST FORCE 272 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,066 AND MEANS THEY CAN GO FOR BIGGER FISH. 273 00:15:28,133 --> 00:15:32,367 THERE HE IS. LOOK, YOU SEE HIM TAKING A BIT OF THE CRAB. 274 00:15:39,834 --> 00:15:41,634 WOW, THAT WAS A CLOSE ONE. 275 00:15:41,700 --> 00:15:45,066 THERE'S LOADS DOWN HERE. 276 00:15:45,133 --> 00:15:47,066 OKAY, LEGS RIGHT UP. 277 00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:08,734 GOD. HEAVY. 278 00:16:10,834 --> 00:16:14,400 HERE, LET ME GET HIM UP TO YOU. 279 00:16:14,467 --> 00:16:18,166 IT'S A TRIGGERFISH. 280 00:16:18,233 --> 00:16:20,433 LET'S FINISH HIM OFF. HANG ON. 281 00:16:27,834 --> 00:16:29,333 WHOA. 282 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,600 ONE TRIGGERFISH. 283 00:16:32,667 --> 00:16:34,000 COOL. 284 00:16:35,066 --> 00:16:37,667 MAN, LOOK AT THE TEETH ON THAT THING. 285 00:16:37,734 --> 00:16:39,200 THEY'RE ALMOST HUMAN. 286 00:16:39,266 --> 00:16:42,033 BUT THE REASON THEY'RE SO BIG AND STRONG 287 00:16:42,100 --> 00:16:43,600 IS THIS GUY FEEDS OFF CORAL, 288 00:16:43,667 --> 00:16:46,000 JUST USES THOSE TEETH TO MUNCH THROUGH IT. 289 00:16:46,066 --> 00:16:48,033 AND THEN THIS BIT ON THE TOP, THE TRIGGER -- 290 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:50,533 IF IT'S THREATENED, THAT WILL GO UP, 291 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:52,233 AND IT ACTS AS LIKE A BARB 292 00:16:52,300 --> 00:16:55,367 TO STOP ANY BIGGER FISH TRYING TO SWALLOW IT. 293 00:16:58,066 --> 00:17:02,166 BUT, ACTUALLY, IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT A LOT OF DRINKING WATER, 294 00:17:02,233 --> 00:17:05,567 ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN EAT FROM A FISH IS THE EYEBALL. 295 00:17:05,634 --> 00:17:07,900 IT'S GOT MASSES OF FLUID IN IT. 296 00:17:12,934 --> 00:17:14,767 WELL, THERE YOU GO. SEE THAT? 297 00:17:14,834 --> 00:17:16,266 IT LOOKS PRETTY HORRIBLE, 298 00:17:16,333 --> 00:17:19,433 BUT REALLY NUTRITIOUS AND LOTS OF GOOD FLUIDS IN IT. 299 00:17:23,700 --> 00:17:26,467 DIFFICULT TO CHEW ON IT -- 300 00:17:26,533 --> 00:17:29,066 IT SLIDES FROM ONE SIDE OF YOUR MOUTH TO THE OTHER... 301 00:17:43,066 --> 00:17:46,567 ...LIKE A SALTY... 302 00:17:46,634 --> 00:17:49,033 CHEWY MARBLE. 303 00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:50,600 LET'S GET HIM GUTTED. 304 00:17:50,667 --> 00:17:53,233 I'M SAVING THE MEAT FOR LATER. 305 00:17:53,300 --> 00:17:54,500 I'LL NEED FIRE TONIGHT, 306 00:17:54,567 --> 00:17:56,800 AND THIS IS GONNA BE A SUBSTANTIAL MEAL. 307 00:17:56,867 --> 00:18:00,166 TO SURVIVE HERE, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO REST FOR A MINUTE. 308 00:18:00,233 --> 00:18:02,367 THE HUNT FOR RESOURCES NEVER ENDS. 309 00:18:02,433 --> 00:18:03,967 MY WATER TRAPS ARE WORKING. 310 00:18:04,033 --> 00:18:07,634 TIME TO GRAB A DRINK, THEN CONTINUE THE SEARCH. 311 00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:11,066 JUST NORTH OF MY BEACH, THE LAND RISES SHARPLY. 312 00:18:13,834 --> 00:18:16,867 A BIG DROP-OFF. 313 00:18:16,934 --> 00:18:19,066 I THINK I'LL BACK UP A BIT. 314 00:18:23,900 --> 00:18:26,634 LOOK, THERE'S A SHIP'S ROPE DOWN THERE. 315 00:18:26,700 --> 00:18:28,166 SEE THAT ON THE SURF? 316 00:18:28,233 --> 00:18:30,734 IF I CAN GET THAT, THAT'LL BE SO USEFUL. 317 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,333 HANG ON. THIS IS GONNA BE A NIGHTMARE TO GET DOWN. 318 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,967 ON THIS LOOSE, STEEP ROCK, IT'S TOO RISKY TO FREE-CLIMB. 319 00:18:37,033 --> 00:18:40,000 THE OLD NETTING I FOUND ON THE BEACH COULD BE THE ANSWER. 320 00:18:40,066 --> 00:18:43,000 AH, IT'S GONNA BE PERFECT. 321 00:18:43,066 --> 00:18:44,900 I WANT TO GET THIS DONE QUICKLY. 322 00:18:44,967 --> 00:18:47,700 I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT ROPE'S GONNA STAY. 323 00:18:47,767 --> 00:18:49,367 LOOK AT IT. IT'S GETTING WASHED OUT IN THE SURF. 324 00:18:49,433 --> 00:18:50,667 I NEED TO MOVE. 325 00:18:50,734 --> 00:18:53,266 AND WHAT I'M GONNA DO HERE IS PUT A CLOVE HITCH -- 326 00:18:53,333 --> 00:18:56,834 AROUND ITSELF, OVER THE TOP, 327 00:18:56,900 --> 00:18:59,100 AND UNDER. 328 00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:08,934 AGAIN, IT'S ALL SO LOOSE. 329 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,300 OKAY, TIME TO PUT THE WEIGHT ON IT. 330 00:19:14,433 --> 00:19:16,900 WELL, THIS IS HOLDING QUITE NICELY. 331 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:28,066 I'M AT THE LIMIT OF THIS NOW. 332 00:19:28,133 --> 00:19:29,567 THE ONLY PROBLEM IS 333 00:19:29,634 --> 00:19:33,200 IS WHEN I'M GONNA GET BACK UP ONCE I LET THIS GO. 334 00:19:33,266 --> 00:19:35,767 THE NETTING HAS GOT ME MOST OF THE WAY DOWN. 335 00:19:35,834 --> 00:19:37,967 LET'S GIVE IT A GO. 336 00:19:38,033 --> 00:19:42,000 GETTING BACK UP IS GONNA BE MUCH HARDER. 337 00:19:45,567 --> 00:19:48,500 WELL, LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS. 338 00:19:48,567 --> 00:19:52,166 A SERIOUS OIL TANKER OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD USE IT, 339 00:19:52,233 --> 00:19:54,066 BUT ONE THICK STRAND 340 00:19:54,133 --> 00:19:58,667 PROBABLY MEANS ABOUT 500 LITTLE STRANDS. 341 00:19:58,734 --> 00:20:02,500 BUT IT WEIGHS A TON. 342 00:20:02,567 --> 00:20:05,200 THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA DRAG THIS BACK UP THERE. 343 00:20:05,266 --> 00:20:07,700 LET'S SEE IF IT FLOATS, AND I'LL SWIM AROUND. 344 00:20:13,567 --> 00:20:15,033 YEAH, IT'S FLOATING. 345 00:20:15,100 --> 00:20:17,600 OKAY, I'LL MEET YOU AROUND THE CORNER. I'M GONNA SWIM IT. 346 00:20:19,333 --> 00:20:23,200 SUCCESSFUL ISLAND SURVIVAL INVOLVES A DAILY ROUTINE 347 00:20:23,266 --> 00:20:27,500 OF FINDING FOOD, WATER, AND PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE OR RESCUE. 348 00:20:27,567 --> 00:20:29,800 THE DOWNSIDE IS WHEN OPPORTUNITIES COME, 349 00:20:29,867 --> 00:20:32,367 YOU CAN BE IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME. 350 00:20:32,433 --> 00:20:35,700 THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE HORIZON. 351 00:20:35,767 --> 00:20:38,800 SEE IT? LET'S GET TO THE BEACH. COME ON. 352 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,333 I'M ON A DESERTED ISLAND. THERE'S A BOAT ON THE HORIZON. 353 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,400 I GOT TO GET ASHORE AND LIGHT MY SIGNAL FIRE. 354 00:20:53,467 --> 00:20:54,967 GET THIS ROPE UP THE BEACH. 355 00:20:55,033 --> 00:20:56,500 IT'S A RACE AGAINST TIME. 356 00:20:56,567 --> 00:20:59,100 LOOK, THERE YOU GO, ON THE HORIZON. 357 00:20:59,166 --> 00:21:01,467 SEE IT? IT'S A MAST. 358 00:21:01,533 --> 00:21:05,200 OKAY, LET'S GET ON THE HILL, GET THE SIGNAL FIRE LIT. 359 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:19,133 EVERY SECOND HERE IS VALUABLE TO THE SURVIVOR. 360 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,734 GO ON, GET LIT. HERE WE GO. OKAY. 361 00:21:25,367 --> 00:21:29,233 HEY! HEY! 362 00:21:31,533 --> 00:21:33,700 THE FLIP-FLOPS ARE BEGINNING TO KICK IN NOW -- 363 00:21:33,767 --> 00:21:35,367 A BIT OF THE BLACK SMOKE. 364 00:21:35,433 --> 00:21:39,033 HEY! HEY! 365 00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:42,100 ON A CALM DAY, THE HUMAN VOICE CAN BE HEARD 366 00:21:42,166 --> 00:21:46,066 OVER 10 MILES AWAY OVER WATER, BUT NOT TODAY. 367 00:21:46,133 --> 00:21:49,200 THE PROBLEM IS THE WIND'S BLOWING THIS WAY, 368 00:21:49,266 --> 00:21:52,400 AND THAT'S GONNA MEAN MY SOUND'S NOT GONNA CARRY FAR, 369 00:21:52,467 --> 00:21:55,233 DEFINITELY NOT FAR ENOUGH FOR THEM. 370 00:22:07,634 --> 00:22:09,400 AND I GUESS FOR THE SURVIVOR 371 00:22:09,467 --> 00:22:12,066 TO EXPERIENCE DISAPPOINTMENT LIKE THAT, 372 00:22:12,133 --> 00:22:14,767 SEEING WHAT YOU HOPE IS GONNA BE RESCUE, 373 00:22:14,834 --> 00:22:17,700 TO SEE THAT DISAPPEAR, THAT MUST BE SO HARD. 374 00:22:17,767 --> 00:22:20,100 AND THEN IT JUST BECOMES THIS BATTLE 375 00:22:20,166 --> 00:22:23,867 TO KEEP YOUR HOPE AND YOUR SPIRITS HIGH. 376 00:22:25,500 --> 00:22:28,367 AND THAT'S WHY THEY SAY THE REAL BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL 377 00:22:28,433 --> 00:22:33,000 IS ACTUALLY IN YOUR MIND AND IN YOUR HEART. 378 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,233 SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE UNDER THE TREE. 379 00:22:43,300 --> 00:22:45,400 DARKNESS IS CLOSING IN. 380 00:22:45,467 --> 00:22:48,233 I WANT TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO SHELTER FOR THE NIGHT. 381 00:22:52,166 --> 00:22:53,967 YOU KNOW, THIS WOULDN'T BE A BAD PLACE, 382 00:22:54,033 --> 00:22:55,567 ACTUALLY, FOR A SHELTER UP HERE. 383 00:22:55,634 --> 00:22:57,333 I DON'T WANT TO BE DOWN ON THE BEACH 384 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,166 WITH ALL THE SAND FLIES AND THE CRABS. 385 00:22:59,233 --> 00:23:01,233 ALSO THE TIDE COMES RIGHT UP THERE. 386 00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:04,634 BUT HERE YOU GOT FULL VISIBILITY OUT TO SEA 387 00:23:04,700 --> 00:23:07,266 AND ALSO THAT NICE SEA BREEZE. 388 00:23:07,333 --> 00:23:08,800 WHEW. 389 00:23:08,867 --> 00:23:11,066 USING THE OLD FISHING NET I FOUND, 390 00:23:11,133 --> 00:23:13,033 I CAN MAKE A HAMMOCK, 391 00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:15,133 A GREAT WAY TO GET OFF THE GROUND 392 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,900 AND AWAY FROM ALL THE BUGS. 393 00:23:17,967 --> 00:23:20,133 USE A COUPLE OF STICKS AS SPREADERS AT EACH END, 394 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,333 THEN TIE IT TO A STURDY TREE TRUNK WITH STRING. 395 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,800 THIS STUFF'S OLD, BUT IT SHOULD DO THE TRICK. 396 00:23:25,867 --> 00:23:29,233 AND THEN GIVE THIS A TRY. UP! 397 00:23:34,867 --> 00:23:36,767 UGH! 398 00:23:36,834 --> 00:23:38,700 MORE STRING? 399 00:23:38,767 --> 00:23:42,667 BETTER TO HAPPEN NOW THAN AT 3:00 A.M. IN THE MORNING. 400 00:23:44,367 --> 00:23:46,667 OKAY, TRY A BIT OF THICKER STRING. 401 00:23:46,734 --> 00:23:50,700 LET'S HOPE IT'LL BE LESS SALT-ERODED. 402 00:23:50,767 --> 00:23:52,600 HOPEFULLY. 403 00:23:56,767 --> 00:23:58,433 PERFECT. 404 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:01,066 NOW I NEED COVER FROM THE RAIN. 405 00:24:01,133 --> 00:24:05,433 A SIMPLE A-FRAME IS JUST THE JOB. 406 00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:06,767 AND THEN ON TO THIS, 407 00:24:06,834 --> 00:24:10,834 AND DRAPE A LOAD OF BANANA LEAVES AS A THATCHING. 408 00:24:12,734 --> 00:24:15,367 ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS NICK THEM, 409 00:24:15,433 --> 00:24:18,867 AND THEN WE'LL JUST DRAPE IT OVER THE TOP. 410 00:24:21,033 --> 00:24:24,934 VERY QUICKLY, YOU CAN BUILD UP A GOOD COVERING LAYER. 411 00:24:27,433 --> 00:24:29,300 AND THEN IF IT DOES RAIN, 412 00:24:29,367 --> 00:24:32,467 I ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THAT WATER, 413 00:24:32,533 --> 00:24:36,300 AND JUST USE ANOTHER OF THESE BANANA LEAVES FOR THAT. 414 00:24:38,767 --> 00:24:41,467 YOU CAN SEE THAT'S A REALLY NICE, NATURAL FUNNEL 415 00:24:41,533 --> 00:24:43,433 ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND THIS WILL FILL UP 416 00:24:43,500 --> 00:24:45,533 IN LIKE A MINUTE IF IT'S A TORRENTIAL RAIN. 417 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,600 OKAY, GOOD JOB. 418 00:24:50,166 --> 00:24:51,567 NIGHT FALLS FAST HERE. 419 00:24:51,634 --> 00:24:54,333 WE'RE JUST 500 MILES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR, 420 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,033 WHERE THE SUN RISES AND FALLS VERTICALLY. 421 00:24:57,100 --> 00:24:59,667 WITH THE DARKNESS COMES RAIN. 422 00:24:59,734 --> 00:25:02,934 A ROARING FIRE WILL KEEP ME WARM 423 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,767 AND ALLOW ME TO COOK MY TRIGGERFISH. 424 00:25:05,834 --> 00:25:08,266 FIRE, FOOD, AND SHELTER ARE VITAL, 425 00:25:08,333 --> 00:25:10,934 BUT THE SURVIVOR NEEDS SOMETHING ELSE 426 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,300 WHICH DRIVES HIM TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. 427 00:25:13,367 --> 00:25:16,934 FOR ME, I ALWAYS KIND OF THINK OF IT 428 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,667 AS THE THREE F's -- 429 00:25:18,734 --> 00:25:22,100 MY FAMILY, THE FAITH, 430 00:25:22,166 --> 00:25:24,800 AND OF GOOD FRIENDS. 431 00:25:24,867 --> 00:25:27,333 AND ULTIMATELY IT'S ALL ABOUT KEEPING 432 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,600 YOUR HOPE AND YOUR SPIRITS HIGH, 433 00:25:29,667 --> 00:25:32,934 AND THAT'S WHAT DOES IT FOR ME. 434 00:25:38,133 --> 00:25:39,500 YOW! 435 00:25:39,567 --> 00:25:41,934 AS A NEW DAY DAWNS, I CONTINUE TO HUNT FOR FOOD... 436 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,934 WHOO! 437 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,033 I GOT AN OYSTER. 438 00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:48,266 ...AND WATER. 439 00:25:48,333 --> 00:25:49,934 SOON I'M GONNA LEAVE THIS ISLAND, 440 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,100 AND EVERY LAST DROP WILL COUNT. 441 00:26:02,834 --> 00:26:06,567 I'M ON A DESERT ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF PANAMA. 442 00:26:06,634 --> 00:26:08,567 THE RAINS CAME LAST NIGHT, 443 00:26:08,634 --> 00:26:10,900 AND THE BANANA-LEAF WATER TRAP HAS WORKED. 444 00:26:10,967 --> 00:26:15,033 AT LEAST I'VE GOT A DECENT SUPPLY NOW OF FRESHWATER. 445 00:26:16,700 --> 00:26:18,567 YOU LOSE SEVERAL LITERS OF FLUID A DAY 446 00:26:18,634 --> 00:26:20,900 THROUGH BREATH, SWEAT, AND PEE. 447 00:26:20,967 --> 00:26:24,767 I'LL NEED MORE WATER BEFORE I SET OUT TO SEA. 448 00:26:26,867 --> 00:26:29,734 THESE SORT OF ROCK GULLIES -- THEY'RE OFTEN GOOD PLACES 449 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,500 TO TRY AND FREE-DIVE FOR CONCH, OYSTER. 450 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,400 THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF SWELL HERE, BUT THEY LIKE THAT. 451 00:26:37,467 --> 00:26:40,867 THEY LIKE THAT MOVEMENT OF THE WATER OVER THEM. 452 00:26:40,934 --> 00:26:42,900 OKAY, LET'S TRY A BIT OF THIS. 453 00:26:44,567 --> 00:26:47,400 YOW! 454 00:26:47,467 --> 00:26:50,567 THE OYSTERS ARE DEEP AND WELL HIDDEN. 455 00:26:50,634 --> 00:26:52,834 YOU CAN TRAIN YOUR BODY TO STAY DOWN LONGER 456 00:26:52,900 --> 00:26:54,467 BY SPENDING A MINUTE UNDER THE WATER 457 00:26:54,533 --> 00:26:56,533 FOLLOWED BY A MINUTE ON THE SURFACE. 458 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,200 THAT WAY YOU FLUSH OUT ALL THE CARBON DIOXIDE 459 00:26:59,266 --> 00:27:01,300 WHICH IS YOUR BODY'S TRIGGER TO BREATHE. 460 00:27:01,367 --> 00:27:03,100 GRABBING A ROCK IS A GOOD WAY 461 00:27:03,166 --> 00:27:06,033 TO COUNTERACT YOUR BODY'S NATURAL BUOYANCY. 462 00:27:08,233 --> 00:27:11,467 WHOO! 463 00:27:11,533 --> 00:27:16,667 HARD TO SEE WITHOUT A MASK. 464 00:27:16,734 --> 00:27:19,333 GET MY BREATH BACK. 465 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,066 WHOO! 466 00:27:37,133 --> 00:27:40,700 I GOT AN OYSTER. 467 00:27:40,767 --> 00:27:44,500 IT'S NOT THE TRADITIONAL -- TRADITIONAL DOZEN OYSTERS, 468 00:27:44,567 --> 00:27:46,433 BUT IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING. 469 00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:48,834 COME ON. LET'S GET IT TO SHORE. 470 00:27:54,266 --> 00:27:56,233 THERE WE GO. THAT'S IT, OPEN. 471 00:27:56,300 --> 00:27:59,867 AND THESE ARE ALL THE GUTS -- THE BIT YOU DON'T WANT. 472 00:28:03,934 --> 00:28:05,867 PACKED WITH PROTEINS AND MINERALS, 473 00:28:05,934 --> 00:28:08,634 OYSTERS ARE THE PERFECT SURVIVAL FOOD, 474 00:28:08,700 --> 00:28:11,333 AND THERE'S AN ALMOST ENDLESS SUPPLY. 475 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:12,634 IT'D BE NICER SHARING IT 476 00:28:12,700 --> 00:28:15,100 WITH THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE AND A GLASS OF WINE, 477 00:28:15,166 --> 00:28:17,934 BUT OUT HERE, IT'S AS GOOD AS I'M GONNA GET. 478 00:28:20,100 --> 00:28:23,300 I FOUND SEVERAL SOURCES OF WATER ON THE ISLAND, 479 00:28:23,367 --> 00:28:25,133 BUT I STILL NEED MORE. 480 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,100 I'M SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY SEAWATER, BUT I CAN'T DRINK IT. 481 00:28:28,166 --> 00:28:30,500 THE SALT FRIES YOUR KIDNEYS, 482 00:28:30,567 --> 00:28:34,700 DEHYDRATES YOU, AND ULTIMATELY KILLS YOU. 483 00:28:34,767 --> 00:28:37,967 IF YOU THINK CUNNINGLY, THERE IS ACTUALLY WAYS 484 00:28:38,033 --> 00:28:42,200 OF GETTING FRESHWATER FROM SALT WATER. 485 00:28:42,266 --> 00:28:45,500 IF YOU BOIL SEAWATER AND COLLECT THE STEAM, 486 00:28:45,567 --> 00:28:47,033 THAT WILL BE DRINKABLE. 487 00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:49,200 AS THE SALT WATER BOILS, 488 00:28:49,266 --> 00:28:53,900 THE STEAM GOES UP, CONDENSES, DRIPS DOWN, 489 00:28:53,967 --> 00:28:56,100 AND COMES OUT OF THIS LITTLE HOLE. 490 00:28:56,166 --> 00:28:59,767 FIRES ARE NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO START BY THE SEA 491 00:28:59,834 --> 00:29:02,100 BECAUSE OF ALL THE HUMIDITY IN THE AIR. 492 00:29:02,166 --> 00:29:04,100 SALT-SOAKED WOOD WON'T LIGHT, 493 00:29:04,166 --> 00:29:06,900 BUT DRY BANANA HUSK WILL TAKE A SPARK. 494 00:29:06,967 --> 00:29:09,433 OKAY, LET'S GET THIS ON. 495 00:29:13,166 --> 00:29:15,700 THE STILL WILL TAKE A WHILE TO WORK, 496 00:29:15,767 --> 00:29:19,934 WHICH LEAVES ME TIME TO CONTEMPLATE MY NEXT MOVE. 497 00:29:23,333 --> 00:29:26,266 I GUESS THE CHOICE IS PRETTY STARK. 498 00:29:26,333 --> 00:29:29,767 YOU KNOW, DO YOU STAY HERE AND WAIT FOR RESCUE, 499 00:29:29,834 --> 00:29:33,333 OR DO YOU GO, TAKE YOUR CHANCES ON THE OPEN SEA, 500 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,166 BUT RISK DEATH? 501 00:29:36,233 --> 00:29:38,900 BUT I GUESS I KNOW WHAT I'D DO. 502 00:29:38,967 --> 00:29:42,433 BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE RESCUE WILL COME, 503 00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:44,133 AND WITH SUCH LITTLE WATER HERE, 504 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,200 YOUR HEALTH WILL START TO DECLINE RAPIDLY. 505 00:29:46,266 --> 00:29:49,533 GIVEN THAT CHOICE, I'D BUILD A RAFT AND SET SAIL. 506 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:53,900 DRIFTWOOD FROM THE BEACH IS IDEAL. 507 00:29:53,967 --> 00:29:57,266 AND THEN FOR ALL OF THE LASHING, 508 00:29:57,333 --> 00:30:01,433 I'M JUST GONNA USE THE SHIPPING ROPE. 509 00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:04,767 THE KEY ELEMENT TO SEA SURVIVAL IS STAYING DRY. 510 00:30:04,834 --> 00:30:08,266 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS RAFT KEEPS ME UP OUT OF THE WATER. 511 00:30:08,333 --> 00:30:11,166 USE THESE AS CROSS STRUTS -- 512 00:30:11,233 --> 00:30:13,700 ONE THERE AND ANOTHER HERE. 513 00:30:13,767 --> 00:30:16,567 IT MEANS I CAN THEN BUILD ANOTHER LAYER ON TOP OF THIS, 514 00:30:16,634 --> 00:30:17,867 BUT WITH A BIT OF A GAP, 515 00:30:17,934 --> 00:30:19,367 AND INTO THAT GAP I CAN FORCE 516 00:30:19,433 --> 00:30:21,467 ALL OF THE POLYSTYRENE AND THE BOTTLES 517 00:30:21,533 --> 00:30:23,800 THAT'S BEEN WASHED UP IN THIS GULLY. 518 00:30:25,533 --> 00:30:27,533 FILL THE GAP AS TIGHTLY AS POSSIBLE WITH POLYSTYRENE. 519 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,634 THEN COVER IT WITH ANOTHER LAYERED OF DRIFTWOOD, 520 00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:34,567 AND TIE IT ALL DOWN AS TIGHT AS YOU CAN. 521 00:30:34,634 --> 00:30:37,634 AND THEN ALL I NEED IS A GOOD A-FRAME AT THE BACK 522 00:30:37,700 --> 00:30:40,700 TO PUT A TILLER THROUGH. 523 00:30:40,767 --> 00:30:43,934 A REALLY GOOD, LONG LENGTH OF TILLER POLE HERE 524 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,900 GONNA MAKE PADDLING MUCH MORE EFFICIENT -- 525 00:30:45,967 --> 00:30:47,767 I CAN REALLY PUT MY WEIGHT INTO IT THEN. 526 00:30:47,834 --> 00:30:52,634 ALL I NEED IS TO ATTACH THIS BIT TO THE END. 527 00:30:57,934 --> 00:30:59,667 OKAY, THAT WILL DO. 528 00:30:59,734 --> 00:31:02,066 BEFORE I LAUNCH, 529 00:31:02,133 --> 00:31:04,600 I WANT TO COLLECT THE WATER FROM MY STILL. 530 00:31:04,667 --> 00:31:07,400 IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT TOGETHER WITH MY OTHER WATER TRAPS, 531 00:31:07,467 --> 00:31:10,066 I'VE GOT SIX LITERS. 532 00:31:10,133 --> 00:31:13,200 NOW TO SET SAIL EAST TOWARDS PANAMA. 533 00:31:13,266 --> 00:31:16,266 WELL, I'M ABOUT AS PREPARED AS I CAN BE ON THIS. 534 00:31:16,333 --> 00:31:18,834 YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A GOOD, STURDY RAFT. 535 00:31:18,900 --> 00:31:21,934 I'VE GOT A MEANS OF STEERING IT WITH THIS TILLER. 536 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:25,400 I GOT WATER, AND I GOT THESE FENDERS 537 00:31:25,467 --> 00:31:27,667 TO GIVE A BIT OF STABILITY ON THE EDGE. 538 00:31:27,734 --> 00:31:30,133 BUT ULTIMATELY THERE COMES A TIME 539 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,667 WHERE YOU JUST GOT TO COMMIT TO IT, 540 00:31:32,734 --> 00:31:35,133 SUMMON UP A LITTLE BIT OF BOTTLE, 541 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,533 AND THEN JUST GO FOR IT. 542 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,066 AND IT'S A BIT LIKE SKYDIVING, YOU KNOW. 543 00:31:42,133 --> 00:31:44,934 THERE'S ONLY SO MANY TIMES YOU CAN CHECK YOUR PARACHUTE. 544 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:49,400 ULTIMATELY, YOU GOT TO OPEN THAT DOOR AND JUMP. 545 00:32:00,066 --> 00:32:02,266 I'M IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 546 00:32:02,333 --> 00:32:05,100 AND I'VE JUST SET SAIL EAST TOWARDS PANAMA. 547 00:32:05,166 --> 00:32:07,800 NOW THE SANCTUARY OF MY ISLAND IS FADING 548 00:32:07,867 --> 00:32:10,700 AS I SLOWLY DRIFT AWAY. 549 00:32:10,767 --> 00:32:14,300 WELL, WE GOT AWAY FROM THE ISLAND. 550 00:32:14,367 --> 00:32:18,500 THE REALITY IS, ONCE YOU SET SAIL, 551 00:32:18,567 --> 00:32:20,700 THERE'S NO GOING BACK. 552 00:32:20,767 --> 00:32:23,300 YOU KNOW, REALLY YOU'RE THEN AT THE MERCY 553 00:32:23,367 --> 00:32:25,767 OF JUST ALL THE TIDES AND THE CURRENTS 554 00:32:25,834 --> 00:32:27,634 THAT RIP AROUND THIS ISLAND. 555 00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:34,033 KIND OF A ONE-WAY TICKET, YOU KNOW? 556 00:32:34,100 --> 00:32:36,500 NOW I'M OUT IN THE OPEN SEA. 557 00:32:36,567 --> 00:32:39,133 I'M EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS, 558 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,266 AND IT MAKES YOU FEEL VERY, VERY VULNERABLE. 559 00:32:41,333 --> 00:32:44,634 HERE COMES THE SUN AGAIN. 560 00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:46,800 IT'S BEEN BEHIND THE CLOUDS FOR THE LAST HOUR. 561 00:32:46,867 --> 00:32:48,800 IT'S BEEN BLISS. 562 00:32:48,867 --> 00:32:53,533 SOON AS IT COMES OUT, IT'S JUST BLISTERING. 563 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:55,500 OKAY. LET'S GET THIS UP. 564 00:33:04,133 --> 00:33:05,600 WHEW. 565 00:33:05,667 --> 00:33:08,433 ALL THIS CRISSCROSS NETTING OVERLAPPED 566 00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:10,333 JUST MAKES ALL THE SUNLIGHT DAPPLE 567 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:14,233 AND TAKES THE MAIN BRUNT OF IT AWAY. 568 00:33:14,300 --> 00:33:19,066 BUT A MIDDAY LIKE THIS WITHOUT ANY SORT OF SHADE, 569 00:33:19,133 --> 00:33:20,967 YOU'RE TOAST. 570 00:33:21,033 --> 00:33:24,133 THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. 571 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,300 UNDER THIS BURNING SUN, 572 00:33:26,367 --> 00:33:31,500 STAYING HYDRATED AT SEA IS A SURVIVOR'S BIGGEST CHALLENGE, 573 00:33:31,567 --> 00:33:32,767 BUT A SMALL ROCK AHEAD 574 00:33:32,834 --> 00:33:34,634 OFFERS ME A CHANCE TO REPLENISH SUPPLIES. 575 00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:37,567 THE CURRENT IS DRAGGING ME STRAIGHT TOWARDS IT. 576 00:33:37,634 --> 00:33:39,800 KIND OF HALF TEMPTED JUST TO SEE 577 00:33:39,867 --> 00:33:42,100 IF I CAN HAVE A QUICK LOOK AROUND 578 00:33:42,166 --> 00:33:44,867 AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY FRESHWATER ON THERE 579 00:33:44,934 --> 00:33:47,033 OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT CAN HELP ME. 580 00:33:47,100 --> 00:33:49,533 THERE'S A BIG SWELL AROUND THE ISLAND. 581 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:51,634 TIMING WILL BE EVERYTHING. 582 00:34:17,467 --> 00:34:19,800 WITH MY RAFT TETHERED, 583 00:34:19,867 --> 00:34:22,300 I CAN HEAD UP AND SEE WHAT'S ON HERE. 584 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,800 JUST A STINKING, FETID, 585 00:34:29,867 --> 00:34:33,166 HORRIBLE BLOCK OF ROCK 586 00:34:33,233 --> 00:34:34,834 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA, 587 00:34:34,900 --> 00:34:37,834 STINKING OF ALL OF THIS GUANO, 588 00:34:37,900 --> 00:34:40,800 BIRD POOP, AND ALL OF THESE CACTUS. 589 00:34:40,867 --> 00:34:42,834 LOOK, YOU SEE THAT'S IT'S COVERED IN IT. 590 00:34:42,900 --> 00:34:46,400 I CAN HARDLY BREATHE, THIS PLACE STINKS SO MUCH. 591 00:34:46,467 --> 00:34:49,667 BUT THE RAFT'S HOLDING. LET'S GET UP THIS THING. 592 00:34:57,033 --> 00:35:02,266 SCAN THE HORIZON A BIT HERE FROM RIGHT UP THIS ROCK. 593 00:35:02,333 --> 00:35:05,066 WELL, THIS IS ONE OF THESE PLACES 594 00:35:05,133 --> 00:35:09,500 YOU NEVER REALLY EVEN IMAGINE EXISTS... 595 00:35:09,567 --> 00:35:12,433 AND YOU CERTAINLY NEVER WANT TO COME TO AGAIN. 596 00:35:12,500 --> 00:35:14,700 THERE'S SOME BOOBY EGGS. 597 00:35:14,767 --> 00:35:17,834 SEE THESE? LOOK. A LITTLE NEST. 598 00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:20,200 SEE IF THESE ARE FRESH. 599 00:35:20,266 --> 00:35:22,934 UGH, MAN, THAT ONE IS NOT. 600 00:35:29,900 --> 00:35:33,734 THAT ONE'S KIND OF ALL RIGHT. 601 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,634 IT'S FULL OF PROTEIN 602 00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:39,367 BUT TASTES LIKE A MIX OF SALT AND FISH -- DELIGHTFUL. 603 00:35:39,433 --> 00:35:42,800 TIME TO LEAVE THIS PUTRID ISLAND. 604 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:46,900 ACTUALLY, LOOK. 605 00:35:46,967 --> 00:35:50,166 THERE'S A POOL OF A LITTLE WATER HERE, 606 00:35:50,233 --> 00:35:52,200 AND THIS IS GONNA BE FRESH. 607 00:35:52,266 --> 00:35:55,734 WE'RE WAY ABOVE THE HIGH-TIDE MARK HERE. 608 00:35:55,800 --> 00:36:00,166 THE THING IS IS IT IS FULL OF BIRD DROPPINGS 609 00:36:00,233 --> 00:36:01,967 AND LOOKING PRETTY FETID, 610 00:36:02,033 --> 00:36:05,000 BUT IT IS WORTH COLLECTING THIS. 611 00:36:07,233 --> 00:36:09,634 AND LOOK, YOU CAN JUST SEE THAT -- 612 00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:13,166 STINKING WATER, BUT FRESH. 613 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:21,367 AND WHEN YOU GOT REALLY LIMITED AMOUNT OF FRESHWATER AT SEA, 614 00:36:21,433 --> 00:36:24,934 YOU GOT TO COLLECT EVERY DROP THAT YOU CAN. 615 00:36:27,900 --> 00:36:30,166 WITH MY BOTTLE FULL, I'M DONE HERE. 616 00:36:33,133 --> 00:36:35,900 GET OFF THAT GODFORSAKEN ROCK. 617 00:36:35,967 --> 00:36:39,734 WHEW. AT LEAST I GOT AN EGG. 618 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,266 OH. 619 00:36:41,333 --> 00:36:44,266 ALL TOO SOON, DARKNESS WILL FALL. 620 00:36:44,333 --> 00:36:45,900 COME ON, THE SUN. 621 00:36:45,967 --> 00:36:48,634 IT'S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT. 622 00:37:04,100 --> 00:37:06,800 I'M ON A RAFT IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 623 00:37:06,867 --> 00:37:08,600 I'VE COLLECTED SOME FRESHWATER, 624 00:37:08,667 --> 00:37:11,433 BUT IT'S FULL OF BIRD DROPPINGS, AND IT'S RANCID. 625 00:37:11,500 --> 00:37:12,900 DRINK THIS, 626 00:37:12,967 --> 00:37:16,367 AND YOU'D PROBABLY VOMIT AND RISK WORSENING DEHYDRATION. 627 00:37:16,433 --> 00:37:19,900 BUT THERE IS A WAY OF USING IT TO GAIN LIFE-GIVING FLUIDS, 628 00:37:19,967 --> 00:37:21,567 BUT ONLY AS A LAST RESORT. 629 00:37:21,634 --> 00:37:23,533 I'M GONNA GIVE MYSELF AN ENEMA. 630 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:29,000 NOT EXPECTING THIS TO BE PARTICULARLY PLEASANT, 631 00:37:29,066 --> 00:37:33,634 BUT THERE ARE STORIES OF THIS SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES. 632 00:37:33,700 --> 00:37:37,567 THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR FAMILY WHO WAS STRANDED IN A LIFE RAFT. 633 00:37:37,634 --> 00:37:39,867 AND ALL THIS WATER HAD GATHERED IN THE BOTTOM OF IT, 634 00:37:39,934 --> 00:37:41,667 WHERE THEY'D BEEN FEEDING OFF TURTLES. 635 00:37:41,734 --> 00:37:44,734 IT WAS MIXED WITH TURTLE BLOOD. IT HAD GONE FETID. 636 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:48,367 AND THE ONLY WAY THEY MANAGED TO STAY HYDRATED 637 00:37:48,433 --> 00:37:51,834 WAS BY USING THAT FETID WATER AND GIVING THEMSELVES AN ENEMA. 638 00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:56,300 THE ROBERTSON FAMILY SURVIVED 38 DAYS ADRIFT 639 00:37:56,367 --> 00:37:59,400 BECAUSE THEY WERE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO STAY ALIVE. 640 00:37:59,467 --> 00:38:02,166 [ SPITS, COUGHS ] 641 00:38:02,233 --> 00:38:03,967 [ GROANS ] 642 00:38:04,033 --> 00:38:05,667 THE MOTHER WAS A NURSE 643 00:38:05,734 --> 00:38:08,867 AND KNEW THAT THE COLON CAN ABSORB FLUID. 644 00:38:08,934 --> 00:38:11,533 BY PERFORMING AN ENEMA, YOU BYPASS THE GAG REFLEX, 645 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,867 REHYDRATING YOUR BODY WITHOUT THE RISK OF VOMITING. 646 00:38:14,934 --> 00:38:19,700 AND NOW, ONCE IT'S IN -- UGH -- 647 00:38:19,767 --> 00:38:22,867 I GUESS ALL YOU CAN DO IS LIE BACK 648 00:38:22,934 --> 00:38:27,033 AND THINK OF ENGLAND. 649 00:38:27,100 --> 00:38:30,967 THIS MUST ONLY EVER BE UNDERTAKEN AS A LAST RESORT. 650 00:38:31,033 --> 00:38:32,333 PLEASE. UGH. 651 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,133 AS THE SUN DROPS, I FACE MY NEXT CHALLENGE -- 652 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:39,467 A LONG, UNCOMFORTABLE NIGHT AT SEA. 653 00:38:39,533 --> 00:38:42,467 [ THUNDER RUMBLES ] 654 00:38:42,533 --> 00:38:44,333 I THINK THIS IS RANKING 655 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:50,166 AS ONE OF THE WORST NIGHTS I'VE EVER SPENT NOW. 656 00:38:55,900 --> 00:38:58,333 COME ON, THE SUN. 657 00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:06,433 SPENT ALL DAY CURSING THE SUN, 658 00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:09,867 AND NOW WHAT I WANT IS TO SEE THE SUN. 659 00:39:11,367 --> 00:39:14,900 UGH. JUST IMPOSSIBLE. 660 00:39:17,166 --> 00:39:19,433 UGH. 661 00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:24,166 AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TRY AND SLEEP SITTING UP, 662 00:39:24,233 --> 00:39:26,967 BUT IT'S JUST AS HARD LYING DOWN, 663 00:39:27,033 --> 00:39:29,867 GETTING COVERED IN WAVE AFTER WAVE. 664 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:38,734 WHOO! 665 00:39:49,700 --> 00:39:51,800 A NEW DAY BRINGS A NEW CHALLENGE. 666 00:39:51,867 --> 00:39:53,634 THERE'S ANOTHER ISLAND AHEAD. 667 00:39:55,533 --> 00:39:59,767 I CAN SEE LAND OVER THERE, WHERE THE CURRENT'S TAKING ME. 668 00:39:59,834 --> 00:40:02,567 BUT BETWEEN ME AND THE SANCTUARY OF THE SHORELINE 669 00:40:02,634 --> 00:40:04,266 LIES SOME BIG SURF. 670 00:40:06,900 --> 00:40:10,266 JUST THE WIND AND THE CURRENT ARE BLOWING ME TOWARDS -- 671 00:40:10,333 --> 00:40:12,634 IT'S LIKE A MOUTH OF A RIVER HERE. 672 00:40:19,634 --> 00:40:22,700 TRY AND GET A GOOD, STABLE POSITION ON THIS 673 00:40:22,767 --> 00:40:25,867 BEFORE THE SURF HITS. 674 00:40:25,934 --> 00:40:28,066 WHOA! [ SPITS ] 675 00:40:38,567 --> 00:40:41,300 ONCE OVER THE SURF, I ENTER THE RIVER. 676 00:40:41,367 --> 00:40:44,800 IT'S A NATURAL HIGHWAY THROUGH THE THICK JUNGLE. 677 00:40:46,500 --> 00:40:49,500 YOU SEE ALL OF THE BANKS HERE -- 678 00:40:49,567 --> 00:40:53,100 JUST THIS HORRIBLE JUNGLE MANGROVE -- 679 00:40:53,166 --> 00:40:56,333 BUT RIVERS LIKE THIS ON COASTLINES 680 00:40:56,400 --> 00:41:01,333 MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WILL LEAD YOU EVENTUALLY TO PEOPLE. 681 00:41:03,667 --> 00:41:05,367 SO THAT'S WHAT I'M FOLLOWING. 682 00:41:20,867 --> 00:41:24,200 YOU SEE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DEADFALL IN THE RIVER, 683 00:41:24,266 --> 00:41:26,800 WHICH YOU NORMALLY GET IN THE JUNGLE, 684 00:41:26,867 --> 00:41:28,934 WHICH I'M HOPING IS A GOOD SIGN. 685 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,000 IT MEANS MAYBE THERE ARE PEOPLE OR A VILLAGE 686 00:41:32,066 --> 00:41:35,767 WHO KEEP IT OPEN AS A NAVIGABLE ROUTE THROUGH THE JUNGLE. 687 00:41:35,834 --> 00:41:38,133 PANAMA AND ITS ISLANDS 688 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,533 ARE HOME TO THE AMERICAN CROCODILE. 689 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:45,834 GROWING UP TO A TON IN WEIGHT, THEY'RE A FORMIDABLE PREDATOR. 690 00:41:45,900 --> 00:41:48,500 COASTAL JUNGLE RIVERS LIKE THIS 691 00:41:48,567 --> 00:41:52,367 ALMOST INVARIABLY ARE GONNA HAVE CROCODILES IN THEM, 692 00:41:52,433 --> 00:41:55,734 SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP A REALLY GOOD EYE OUT 693 00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:57,967 ALONG THE BANKS AS I'M MOVING. 694 00:41:58,033 --> 00:42:01,000 RECENTLY A FISHERMAN WAS DRAGGED TO HIS DEATH 695 00:42:01,066 --> 00:42:03,200 NEAR HERE BY AN ENORMOUS CROC. 696 00:42:03,266 --> 00:42:05,667 HIS BODY WAS NEVER RECOVERED. 697 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:10,900 IT'S JUST EERILY QUIET IN THIS PLACE. 698 00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:17,033 I'VE GOT TO KEEP MY EYES PEELED HERE. 699 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:21,333 LOOK. YOU SEE THAT LOG? 700 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,567 THAT'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN CUT DOWN, BEEN CHAIN-SAWED. 701 00:42:24,634 --> 00:42:26,166 IT'S A GOOD SIGN. 702 00:42:26,233 --> 00:42:30,266 IT'S BEEN CHAIN-SAWED. IT MEANS PEOPLE USE THIS RIVER. 703 00:42:30,333 --> 00:42:33,066 AS I ROUND THE BEND, THERE'S A SAND BANK. 704 00:42:33,133 --> 00:42:35,400 LYING ON IT ARE SEVERAL BOATS. 705 00:42:35,467 --> 00:42:38,066 OKAY, LET'S GET INTO IT. 706 00:42:47,967 --> 00:42:51,934 A HUNDRED YARDS INLAND, THERE'S A VILLAGE. 707 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:53,767 THIS IS MY PICKUP POINT. 708 00:42:53,834 --> 00:42:55,900 ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE SETTLEMENT 709 00:42:55,967 --> 00:42:57,500 IS MY TICKET HOME. 710 00:42:57,567 --> 00:42:59,433 THE SOUND OF THE HELICOPTER ENGINE FIRING UP 711 00:42:59,500 --> 00:43:01,266 BREAKS THE SILENCE. 712 00:43:01,333 --> 00:43:02,934 THAT'S MY WAY OUT OF HERE. 713 00:43:10,767 --> 00:43:12,567 NOW TIME TO GO. 714 00:43:17,100 --> 00:43:19,800 THIS HAS BEEN A ROLLER-COASTER RIDE. 715 00:43:19,867 --> 00:43:25,000 THE CRUEL SEA TESTS A SURVIVOR PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. 716 00:43:25,066 --> 00:43:29,834 THE ULTIMATE FORCE OF NATURE, IT CAN MAKE YOU FEEL SO SMALL. 717 00:43:29,900 --> 00:43:32,333 BUT MY ISLAND ADVENTURE IS OVER, 718 00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:35,000 AND IT'S TIME TO GO HOME.